Humidor Reeks!

[theshoreways]

Okay, I'll get right to it. I'm a complete idiot. I don't know what I was thinking. I had a smoke on wednesday night before leaving for the Holidays. I hadn't smoked much of it, and was pretty stressed about packing, so I decided not to finish my smoke. So then I did something really dumb. I let the cigar go out cut off the end, put it in a plastic bag and shoved it in my humidor to smoke later.:bangbang: Again, I have no idea why I did this. Momentary lapse of sanity.

I come back last night, and my humidor just reeks of burnt cigar. At first I'm not sure why, then it hits me... I'm a fool! I've gone through and checked and all the cigars smell fine and everything checks out, except my HF beads. I have a pound and a half, and they absolutely stink!! Anyone know of anything I can do to fix this? I'm currently airing them out, but I know how hard this smell can be to remove. I fear there might be permanent damage...

It's moments like these that I remember I'm still a n00b.

Thanks!

Oh, and I have a wine cooler as my humi with my boxes inside. I cleaned out the inside, so theres no smell there. At this point, the only thing that smells is the beads.

Jeff (hangs head in shame) :help:

 

[jwyatt55]

Spray your beads with febreze. :rolling:

Think your best bet is to just let them air out for a day or two and see. Let us know how it works out!

 

[dpricenator]

yeah that's a fairly noobish move.

Just let it air out a bit maybe swap the air out at least once a day.

 

[PLUSH]

active charcoal or baking soda.

 

[torin]

I say baking soda also

 

[theshoreways]

alright... trying the baking soda for the beads. Thanks!

 

[elderboy02]

Thanks for the laugh LOL. Obviously, you know now that once a cigar is lit, it doesn't need to be humidified. I would throw some baking soda in there.

 

[The EVP]

I'd just buy new beads.

 

[theshoreways]

I'd just buy new beads.

I'm seriously considering it.. but I'd rather not have to spend another $50.

 

[RyanCuad]

i would honestly throw away the whole humidor and its contents

 

[gentimmy]

i would honestly throw away the whole humidor and its contents

or just send 'em my way

 

[theshoreways]

or just send 'em my way

hahaha, Be careful what you wish for. :wink:

 

[Danilo]

Try drying out the beads, then slowly completely soak them, then dry again... see if the smell gets better... If id does, do it a few more times

 

[drob03]

Try drying out the beads, then slowly completely soak them, then dry again... see if the smell gets better... If id does, do it a few more times

I would try that .

On a negative note I had a small humidor I put flavored cigars in. When I started running out of room I removed the cigars and tried for 6 months to get rid of the cherry smell. It never went away. I kept it open in front of my heat air duck, I put it outside, I put baking soda in it, I continually wiped it out with distilled water, and last I sanded it. It seemed impossible to get rid of.


Good luck with your situation hopefully you have better luck.

 

[theshoreways]

Alright, thanks for all the help. I ordered a stick of activated charcoal. Overnighted that mess so I can solve this problem quickly. Anyone have any experience with the activated charcoal? From what I have been reading it works a lot better than baking soda.

 

[ndn384]

When I first started smoking I smelled up my entire car with a partially smoked cigar. I had to cut a nice cigar short and thought.....well I will just save with puppy for later. left my car sitting over the weekend and when I came back....OMG.... it smelled like an ashtray for about a week.

 

[vivalanation734]

Jeff = idiot

 

[Jfire]

Activated charcoal works good but still may not solve the problem. I would just order a 1lb for 30+ shipping and be done with it. Or since your ordering anyways go to the shililah beads.

 

[SuprHasan]

Or since your ordering anyways go to the shililah beads.

Best advice I could give is to buy new ones and go for the Shilala Beads beads.
Sure, they're expensive, buy they're the best. I ordered 2lb for my wineador and couldn't be happier!

 

[theshoreways]

I don't want to turn this into a spam war. But why the shilala over the HF?